Pupils have worked especially hard in their last week of remote learning! This week we had an amazing Book Week! We had a number of author visits (virtually), a PJ day, a live Poetry Theatre and even an afternoon of reading in the dens we built!
Watch the video to see who has been celebrated this week, for their hard efforts.
Today, we were very excited to meet the author A.F. Harrold, in our virtual visit. Mr Harrold has written many books that we have in school, including Greta Zago, Fizzlebert Stump and a range of poetry books.
We heard A.F Harrold read and perform a number of his poems which captured the children’s imagination. The children’s laughter could be heard through the school corridors as he performed one his favourite poem by the scottish poet Edwin Morgan.
The children are now inspired to write and perform their own poetry, which they will do later this week.
The group ‘Turn on the Subtitles’ have researched the benefits of having subtitles on when a child is watching television. They found that turning on subtitles can greatly improve children’s reading skills.
This is such a quick, simple, free way to make TV time, reading time!!
To find out more, visit the Turn on the Subtitles website by clicking HERE.
Book week got off to a great start this week with a live meet with the author Elizabeth Laird!
Elizabeth has written many books. They are mostly set in Africa and tackle issues such as war, the life of a refugee, courage and perseverance. Year 5 are currently reading two her books this term ‘Fastest Boy in the World’ and ‘Oranges in no Man’s Land’.
The children were able to ask Elizabeth a number of questions and were inspired by her amazing experiences.
World Book Day – Thursday 4th March. We will be wearing our Pyjamas (not costumes) at school or at home to celebrate this year’s World Book Day theme ‘share a story’. Children will be asked to share a story with the people they live with and with each other in school.
We have planned a number of exciting activities including joining together wearing our Pyjamas (dressing gown too if you wish!) on Thursday 4th March. We will ask pupils to make a den on this day where they can get comfortable and snuggle up with a good book.
We will also be sharing a video of our question time with a famous author A.F Harrold with everyone too!
We know how important reading is to help children succeed in education. A child who reads 20 minutes per day will cover 1.8million words per year and is likely to achieve higher than 90% of their peers in primary and secondary school. Read, read, read and some more!
This week, Mrs McHale had a great Virtual Book Club with the children in KS2.
The first book they read was ‘The Coronavirus Kid’ by Olive Jamieson. They continued to read the next few chapters which were very exciting! The children are thoroughly enjoying this book and can relate to the thoughts and feelings of the character.
The second book they read was called ‘We Are All Greta’. Mrs McHale introduced the children to Greta Thunberg before inspiring them by her story.
We can’t wait to read more books in our club next week!
This term we have some exciting learning taking place in English. See the Spring Term 2 plan (below) to see what your children will be learning in English this term and what texts they will be reading.
Well done to all our pupils who have worked so hard in school and in the Google Classroom.
We are so proud of every single one you!
Watch today’s presentation to see who has worked especially hard this week.
Click here to see the winners of our Family Fun Half Term quiz. Well done everyone who entered! It was so much fun looking at all your teacher’s baby photographs wasn’t it?
Well done to all our pupils for a fantastic week in school and in the Google Classroom. We have seen a lot of amazing work from pupils this week and we are impressed with all your hard efforts.
Watch the video to see who has received our weekly awards of ‘Active Learner’, ‘Star Reader’, ‘Teacher of the Week’ and the ‘Attendance Award’.
